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[-] exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago

It basically doesn't work out.

Theoretically you could have 2500 square meters of solar arrays above the weather beaming the power down to a dish with only a 500 square meter footprint.

But you'd still have to deal with weather with some kind of a storage solution. And 2500 square meters of area in space seems more expensive to claim than just 500 square meters of area on land, in pretty much any scenario.

this post was submitted on 06 Feb 2026
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